Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] and for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Halling had to wait until the 1939–45 war when a military bridge was erected and a road laid down and for a few years the people of Wouldham and Halling were able to move freely between the villages , which was a great asset to the people of Wouldham who used the bridge to get to work on this side of the river , but it was certainly the death knell of the ferry . |
| 2 | I peered down and for a moment believed that I had come on Percy Bysshe Shelley . |
| 3 | The rate of economic growth in Britain slowed down and for a period was in absolute decline . |
| 4 | So there is a steady blossoming of congregations ( such as the Chinese Christian Churches in London , Birmingham and Oxford ) initiated by and for a particular ethnic minority group . |
| 5 | Then he looked up and for a moment he was so amazed that he forgot the misery . |
| 6 | The man whirled round and for a few seconds the landlord saw his face . |
| 7 | The hijackers jumped down and for a minute it looked as if they were going to try to fight their way out . |